This is a list of published books about mushrooms and mycology, including their history in relation to man, their identification, their usage as food and medicine, and their ecology.
These are larger works that may be hard to take on a hike but help with in depth identification after mushroom hunting.
These are identification guides relevant only to Europe.
These are identification guides relevant only to North America. Below are sections detailing specific regions of North America, such as the Southeastern United States and the Pacific Northwest.
These are identification guides relevant to the Northeastern United States.
These are identification guides relevant to the Midwestern United States.
These are identification guides focused on mushrooms found in the Pacific Northwest.
These are identification guides relevant to the Southwestern United States.
These are guides relevant to the Southeastern United States.
These are identification guides small enough to take with you while mushroom hunting or on a hike.
These are books about growing mushrooms and fungiculture.
These are books about mycology and fungal biology.
These are books related to the intersection of fungi and ecology, such as mycoremediation.
These are books that explore mushrooms and fungi from the perspective of food and food science, e.g. books that explore the chemical and nutritional compositions of edible mushrooms, or books of recipes specializing in using wild mushrooms.
These are books concerned with the health benefits of medicinal mushrooms.
These are books that don't act primarily as an identification guides but rather as catalogs, e.g. as a book of images of mushrooms with brief descriptions, or as a book listing species for a specific area without identifying information, etc.
These are books that define some of the technical jargon used within the field of mycology.